0383. The Wailers
Catch A Fire

With a functioning Zippo-style sleeve (as in "you open it like a lighter" not "you can use it to light stuff on fire") this major label debut by The Wailers sold off its first 20 thou', but as it was an expensive sleeve to manufacture and band-leader Bob Marley gained fame, the next pressing had the band name changed to Bob Marley And The Wailers and the sleeve depicted Bob smoking a joint (which didn't hurt neither sales nor reggaes budding reputation for buds). Of course, both versions are serious collector items.

But Bob wasn't alone in the Wailers - fellow greats Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer made up the remaining two thirds of the founding trio, who would only remain so for one more album (released the same year) before they split.
As for the songs, they're a blend of political and romantic, where 400 Years is an example of the former (with an interesting clash in the intro-part as it seem to start with a straight rock-rhythm just to suddenly turn into reggae) and Stir It Up is one of the latter (and also the biggest hit off of this album).

One song I don't get a hell of a lot out of is Kinky Reggae as it's more lyrically repetitive than gabber and ...well, kind of stupid (what the hell is a booga-wooga and why does Miss Brown have brown sugar all over it?).
But still. The score being eight to one in the game of good tracks vs. bad, this could go on repeat for a while...